Water Engineering and Management through Time
Learning from History
1st Edition
Published on 6. August 2010
345 pages
978-0-203-83673-6 (ISBN)
Description
Water Engineering and Management - Learning from History explores the pair technology / water use (an indivisible pair, since the first member of the binomial determines the second) which, in the light of the knowledge available in the 21st century and with a conception focused on the near future, goes beyond the limits set by nature itself. T
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Language
English
Place of publication
Baton Rouge
United States
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Inc
Target group
College/higher education
File size
74,84 MB
ISBN-13
978-0-203-83673-6 (9780203836736)
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Content
Forward - Fernando Moreno, General Director. Aqualia. Spain Preface - Enrique Cabrera, Francisco Arregui, Universidad Politecnica. Valencia. Spain. PART A.- INTRODUCTION Water engineering and management through time. Learning from the history Enrique Cabrera, Francisco Arregui, Universidad Politecnica. Valencia. Spain. PART B.- WATER ENGINEERING AND MANAGEMENT THROUGH TIME Water engineering and management in the early Bronze Age civilizations Pierre Louis Viollet. Ecole National des Ponts et Chaussees, Paris, France Water engineering and management in ancient Egypt Larry Mays. Arizona State University, USA Water engineering and management in the classic civilizations Ing. Henning Fahlbusch. University of Applied Sciences, Lubeck, Germany Water engineering and management in al-Andalus Jose Roldan. Universidad de Cordoba, Cordoba, Spain Hydraulic advances in the 19th and 20th centuries: From Navier over Prandtl into the future Willi H. Hager. Swiss Federal Institute of Technology. Zurich, Switzerland PART C.- THE GREAT CHALLENGES OF WATER IN THE 21ST CENTURY Water, History and Sustainability, a trinomial complex to harmonise in Mediterranean countries Concepcion Bru. Universidad de Alicante, Spain; Enrique Cabrera. Universidad Politecnica. Valencia. Spain. Water and agriculture. Present and future trends. Martin Sevilla. Universidad de Alicante, Spain Water and the City in the 21st century. A panoramic vision Steve Buchberger. University of Cincinnati, USA; Enrique Cabrera. Universidad Politecnica. Valencia. Spain. European water research: from past to future trends Avelino Gonzalez. European Commission. Brussels, Belgium. The interdisciplinary challenge in water policy: The case of "water governance" Jose Esteban Castro. University of Newcastle. United Kingdom The future of water management: the case for lon -range interconnections. Michele Fanelli. Water Engineering Consultant, Milano, Italy Water Resources in Developing Countries: The Millennium Development Goals in the 21st century Carlos Fernandez- Jauregui. Water Assessment&Advisory Global Network. Spain. Water challenges in the 21st century Philip Burgi. Water Resources Consultant, Colorado, USA PART D.- CONCLUSIONS Conclusions Enrique Hernandez. Aqualia. Spain
